Paster.



A. S. PHILLIPS.

FASTER.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. 21, 1916.

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FASTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application filed October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,875.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM S. PHIL LIPS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York have invented new and useful Improvements in Pasters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pasters of the combined label and bill container type, which are designed to'be applied to packages of merchandise to indicate the address to which the package is to be delivered, and at the same time to provide a receptacle for the bill, check or invoice which accompanies the goods.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in'which the address on the bill or other contained paper is visible from the outside, so that the labor of separately addressing the package and the liability of mistake in transcribing the address are eliminated.

A further objectof the invention is to provide a device of this character in which the bill or other paper is entirely inclosed within the label or paster sothat the application ofthe'paster to thepackage seals up the bill in a manner which makes its accidental loss impossible.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of cheap construction which may be made in large quantities at small cost, and without expensive machinery, and which may be easily applied to the packages without further operations than necessary in applying an ordinary single sheet paster.

A further object of the invention will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated two dili'erent embodiments of my invention, it being of course understood that my invention is not limited to the details disclosed. except in so far as recited in the appended claims.

In the said drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my improved paster showing the bill inclosed therein;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

showing also the wrapper sheet to which the paster is applied;

Fig. 3 1s a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a slightly modified form of paster.

Referringto the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 indicates the outer or main sheet comprising the body of the paster and on which is usually printed the name and address of the merchant and such other legends in the way of advertising or directions, as may seem desirable. The sheet 1 is of ordinary opaque paper and is provided with a rectangular opening 2 which may be located anywhere within the margin of the paster as may be convenient tor-the arrangement of the printed matter. Attached to the back of the paster to cover the opening is a transparent sheet 3 having its marginaledges cemented or otherwise secured to the edges of the paster surrounding the opening after the manner of the so-called outlook envelops now on the market.

Back of the transparent sheet 3 there is provided an envelop or pocket a which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is formed or" a sheet of paper somewhat larger than the transparent patch, and having its marginal edges on three sides infolded, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, to form flaps 5 which are cemented or otherwiseattached to the back of the paster to thereby form a pocket back of the transparent portion of the paster, and open at one edge for the reception of the bill 01' invoice to be sent with the goods.

The entire back of the paster, including the-back-of the pocket, may be supplied with a suitable adhesive to be moistened when the paster is tobeattached to the package or the pastor sheet only may be supplied with the adhesive. or, if preferred, the pasters may be furnished without adhesive, to be supplied with paste when applied to the package. I

The bill or invoice is of course folded so that when placed in the-pocket the address of the purchaser will be visible through the transparent portion of the paster. The paster is then applied in the ordinary manner by moistening the adhesive, or applying adhesive, as the case may be, and sticking it to the package. As the main sheet 1 of the paster completely surrounds the bill containing pocket on all sides, the pocket will be effectively sealed by the application of the paster to the package so that the bill can be removed only by tearing of? the paster or cutting through the transparent pocket.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a modified form of paster WhiEh"inay 'be ma'de' 'npentirely s'heet 'of 'smaller dimensions than the; main offiat sheets of paper Without'the info lded a. flaps '5-0f the paster shown in Figs, 1 and 2. This paster maybe very'eheaplymade; and lends itseif particularly tomanufacture i 7 in quantity by automaticmachinery. 5 The mainsheet 1' is the same as in the first described paster," and is Supplied with the patch 3 completely covering' the open-v ing.; The pocket 6 is formed of a third fiat I sheet'l, bu'tf preferablylarger than the patch leavin the-main sheet 1' along three 'margins'only, anopenni'g. onone side to receive f \Theui iderfsi de oai the main sheet al d the 'Fpoc k't, or justtherr'iiarginaledges o'f' the Inain s'heet, may?be 'supplied with adhesive 7 not, a-s -d'es'ired, and

in the" manner previously. described? "The poc'ket sheetand the transparent eoman:'tmi'patane-niaite obtaiii'eti fiir the paster applied patch may 'ofcourse be c o-extens'iv'ein area,

"or the p'ocket sheet may be even-smaller than the-itranspa'r'ent patch. It is advisable,

however, that the pocket she'et'gbe larger thanthe opening; as otherwise it would be "secured only by the fragile transparent fshe'et; j

- 'While'" I hfave- -described my improved pa's'terasinade up of a separate v 'pat'ch coveringthe opening, it

"that'a*portiongf o'f thei'nain' sheet 1 may "instead be rendered transparent in the same manner as'rsomeiforms of outlook env'elops now on the market.-

transparent I am aware that such envelopshaving an openingfthrough the face'of the pa's'ter andfhaving a separate th'e' -bill Such devicesEa'rejopento the objection that hurried or careless operatorswill "apply the-pastel? Without closing the flap,- rendering thebil'ili able to loss;

are alsobpen'to' the objection that v v properly applied a doublebper'ation is re quired, involving practic'ail'yf twice the la'bbr 5'0 7 e'x' t'ra labor required T to separately address the-MbeI and'biIIQ I v They of applying"theipaster in addition tothe and having'an ex s: obvious pasters provided with billcontainingenvelops have been proposed,

when

Famine:

l. Inca label or paster comprising a main sheet having transparent portion lying entirely 'ivithinf the 'edge of the sheet, a pocket forming part attached to one side ceive an adhesive, whereby said main sheet may be cemented '=t'o='the article to which it is as; be 'attaehe'dj entirely around said pocket; r v3; so as it'obefsecuredfldireetlyto the sheet'1. 1 a The -sh'eet forming the p'oeket is attached to 2; In' 'a =1abe1- "o'npaster comprising a main on'ei'side 01 said main sheet,; said niain sheet being-' iinperforate' jthrongho'ut its entire area, with the edge o-f the poeket 'forming V=sheet QntimIy'Wiehim the edges of the main,

sheet so that the e'xpos ed margin 03tthe main sheet-may reizei ve an adhesi ve, whereby said paster may be cemented tr 'i'the article to which it i's to 'be' attaehed' throughout its entire m'argin andthereby completely seal said pocketl r 3', In a label or paster comprising .a' main sheet having'atransp'arent por't'iom apocket forming sheet' attached to said main sheet at said" transparentphrtio'n With the edge of] the pocke'tf rming sheetntirely within: the

edges' o f' the' main; sheet, saidmain; sheet i beingimpei -forate:throughout its' en't-i're area a receive an adhesive; whereby sa' idj paster may be" eement-ed'toi'the" article to which -it' isto be attached thronghont' its entire marforming sheet attached to said sheet posed; margin adapted to at said transparent 'p ortioi'rwitli the edge OIF/ the pocket/ -formi lg Sheetentirely' vvitliin the Ga -a ee theimain sheet; said maiaesaeet beingimperfora't'efthronghoutits entire area and having lts'su'r'face entirely" s rroandmg said'poc'ket coated with adhesive whereby when it is attached the saidpocket 5 will becompletely sealed. V V r Signediat New York cityfin 'the 'connty" 13th day of O c't ober;

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